Monday, October 18, 2010

Because, you know, it's totally racist if black people use "derogatory" ethnic slang. Whatever. Let's just say the mofo Obama is f**ked up in da hood

Donald still doesn't understand that it's not using ethnic slang that's derogatory, but using it to be derogatory to some or all members of that ethnic group. And no, it doesn't matter whether the speaker is a member of that same ethnic group or not. Black people can say or do bigoted things, even toward (against) other black people.

Folks who actually do use ethnic slang (like ebonics, or hispanic slang) in their everyday life are not being derogatory to anyone by doing so. People who wear ebonics or other ethnic slang like a costume, to make light of or otherwise talk down to/about people they view as less intelligent or less worthwhile than themselves however, are acting like raaaaacists and biiiiigots.

Folks can read the entries in Donald Douglas' blog and determine for themselves whether he is a black man who regularly speaks in ebonics, or whether he only does so to be derogatory toward black people he views as lesser people than himself (whether it be due to his beliefs about their politics, their level of education, or for some other reason).

While he feigns ignorance in pursuit of some elusive rhetorical point, Donald Douglas is smart enough to understand the difference between folks who speak using ethnic slang, and those who use ethnic slang as an ethnic slur. And for the most part, the rest of us are, as well...